Sublime

In letting it go, Mandela kept his mind and his heart.

reconciling with the people who had marshaled the horrible forces of apartheid, and sharing power with them.

‘the oppressor defines the nature of the struggle.’

I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonouring them.

Democracy meant all men were to be heard, and a decision was taken together as a people.